Camel Creek Adventure Park

Camel Creek Family Theme Park

Previously known as Cornwall's Crealy Adventure Park
Location	Wadebridge, Cornwall, England
Coordinates	50°29′24″N4°55′51″W / 50.4899°N 4.9308°W / 50.4899; -4.9308
Status	Operating
Opened	1989;36 years ago (1989)
Owner	Royale Life
General manager	Graham Hayes
Operating season	Opening days and Times vary throughout the year
Area	111 acres (45 ha) [1]
Website	Official website

Camel Creek Family Theme Park is an adventure park located in Wadebridge in Cornwall, England.

History

Terry Sandling bought Trelow Farm in Tredinnick and opened the property to the public in 1989 as The Shire Horse Centre. The property was then sold to Crealy Great Adventure Parks in 2004, and was branded as Cornwall's Crealy. Following an acquisition in 2015, John Broome CBE purchased Cornwall's Crealy and rebranded it as Camel Creek Adventure Park. ^[2] It was then bought by Royale Life and is now known as Camel Creek Family Theme Park.

Attractions

There is a 5D theatre ("Mission Simpossible") with moving seats, 3d glasses and other equipment.^{[ citation needed ]} The park also has a 3D theatre along.^{[ citation needed ]} There is also an indoor soft play area (Creeky's playhouse), Swamp Busters, animal areas as well as seasonal attractions such as a haunted house at Halloween and Santa's Grotto at Christmas.^{[ citation needed ]}

Proposed developments

At the same time as purchasing the park, John Broome also purchased nearly 200 acres (81 ha) of land adjacent to it and announced his plans to turn Camel Creek Adventure park into a six-star resort.^{[ citation needed ]} If developed as proposed, the plans would have created 955 jobs in and around a holiday and leisure park with 236 holiday homes.^{[ citation needed ]} There would have also been a convention centre and amenities such as a restaurant, pub and shops.^{[ citation needed ]} After the council granted permission for the project in October 2016, work was planned to complete in 2022 with construction reducing season times, opening hours and ride availability of Camel Creek.^{[ needs update ]} Although minimal progress has been made to the project, and with the plans being scaled back, Royale Life plan to continue with the expansion.^{[ citation needed ]}

References

1. "Camel Creek Adventure Park". Cornwall online. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
2. "Alton Towers founder buys Cornwall Crealy theme park". BBC News. Retrieved 24 August 2016.

External links

• Official Website

• Cornwall portal